The Upper East Regional Hospital was on Wednesday 12th May 12, 2021 evening an eyesore as many patients who throng to the facility to seek for medical care were left stranded at the OPD with no health personnel to attend to them.
At about 7:43pm , the Out Patient Department of the hospital had no single nurse at post to attend to the few patients who had come to the facility to seek medical care. The patients, with various illnesses were left to their faith with no one to even take their vitals.
A young man in his 30s that was brought to the facility on a motor king with signs of high fever was seen struggling with the family members who brought him and attempting to physically assault other patients at the entrance of the facility. There was no health personnel to come to the aid of the young man who was visibly suffering.
Other visitors who did not know what to do or where to go were seen lying on the benches of the facility hoping that a health personnel will by chance emerge from somewhere.
Calls to the regional director, Dr. Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsie and the administrator, Mr. Yakubu Zakaria of the facility by a Word Fm reporter, Simon Agana went unanswered. However when the reporter sent photos of the scene at the facility to the administrator Mr. Yakubu Zakaria , he quickly responded and assured the reporter that he will place a call to someone to go to the facility.
About an hour later, a female nurse appeared at the OPD to attend to the patients, and was subsequently joined by two male nurses.
The Upper East Regional Hospital in recent times has gained notoriety for offering poor services to the public who go to the facility. In most cases especially during afternoon or night, visitors who visit the facility either meet an empty OPD or they meet someone at the OPD with no one at the consulting room to attend to them.
The poor service rendered to the public has caused many to prefer private health facilities to the only referral hospital in the region
By Simon Agana/mywordfmonline.com